Is play fighting flirting for woman?

Anonymous
As the title suggest. This girl is one who is fairly physical with men and will hit them if they tease her. When it is me the result is full out brawls, playfully of course. Usually I will start it but she is not innocent. If she has done something that resulted in a bit of play fighting she will keep doing it. Like taking my phone will result in it and when I finally get it back she will take it again sometime later. We are also fairly nasty towards each other with name calling and that again will result in play fighting. yet after a play fighting we some times end up in a cuddled heap. She always claims that stuff like that is because I'm an annoying brother/ best guy friend to her. not so much when we are alone but when her friends are around and ask her about a guy she is interested in she will go on about it. I'm left in a very confused state of her doing something that suggests she is into me while at the same time I'm her bro who hears her talk of other guys.
Is play fighting flirting for woman?
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